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War by Luigi Pirandello. Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet and short story writer. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage". The passengers who had left Rome by the night express had had to stop until dawn at the small station of Fabriano in ...
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“War” by Luigi Pirandello is a short story about a couple whose son has been sent to war. They board a train to leave Rome, the departure spot for their sons and young men going off to war. The wife felt she was the only mother who grieved about her son leaving.
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"War" is set in a train carriage in Italy during WWI. While the nation is at war with the Central Powers, the passengers are at war with their own feelings.
Click here to read the story. A husband and wife board a small train carriage at dawn in Italy, joining the five people who have already spent the night in it. The woman is large and in deep mourning. Some of the passengers help her in and make room for her. The husband inquires if she’s all right, but she doesn’t answer. He explains to the others ...
While the passengers have differing opinions over whose grief is greater, they all have strong patriotic feelings. No one even suggests that their sons shouldn’t have to fight in the war. It’s alright to feel sorrow, but it would be unthinkable to remove the cause. The old man explains their sorrow by saying that a parent’s love for their children ...
The old man avoids dealing with his grief by intellectualizing the death of his son. He claims that young people wouldn’t want their parents to cry over them “because if they die, they die inflamed and happy.” Moreover, he says that dying young prevents their children from seeing “the ugly sides of life” (like having to let your child go to their d...
"War" was written in 1918 and is not widely available in short story collections. It’s a moving glimpse at the effect of war on those left behind, the ordinary folks who make up the bulk of the population. Pirandello is probably best known for the 1921 play Six Characters in Search of an Author, where six unfinished characters show up at the rehear...
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6 de sept. de 2023 · “War” examines a much-avoided truth regarding the historical context of World War I, whose events inspired Luigi Pirandello to pen a story reflecting the realistic struggles of ordinary...
War by Luigi Pirandello - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. A woman in deep mourning was hosted in a stuffy second-class carriage. Behind her was her husband, a tiny man; thin and weakly, his face death-white.
6 de sept. de 2023 · PDF Cite Share. Julianne Hansen, M.A. | Certified Educator. Last Updated September 6, 2023. The plot of Luigi Pirandello's "War" occurs during World War I in Italy, a setting of...
